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Ormond Beach, Florida, is a big tourist destination in the spring and summer months, known for hard-packed white beaches that stretch to its southern neighbor, Daytona Beach. With hungry hoards of visitors to feed, the city of Ormond Beach has no shortage of restaurants, from family-style diners and delis to European fare to barbecue and burgers. Buffet restaurants in this area serve everything from Asian to American dishes. Pull up all the restaurants on an Ormond Beach map and you're sure to see plenty of options to satisfy any appetite.

Ormond Beach Family Fare

Peach Valley Café uses fresh and local ingredients to make homemade-style dishes. The cafe is open for breakfast and lunch and is about one block from the beach. The restaurant has free and secure wireless high-speed Internet access.

D.B. Pickles is a full-service deli, bakery and bar that also functions as a sit-down restaurant. The menu features a little bit of everything with specializing in thick-stacked sandwiches made from meats right from the deli counter. Classics like meatloaf and pot roast are served. For a treat, guests can grab one of more than 20 varieties of cookies. And not to be missed, of course, is the pickle bar.

International Cafes and Bistros

European Café and Schnitzel House makes diners feel as though they’ve been transported to Germany, with large murals on the wall and a great soundtrack of “oompah music.” The kitchen creates family recipes from scratch and the menu features 16 different types of schnitzels. The café is only open for dinner during the week and for lunch on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Saigon Bistro serves Vietnamese food, with an emphasis on fresh vegetables and meats. The restaurant specializes in pho, a traditional noodle soup, and curry-spiced plates. Saigon Bistro is off Route 1 and is closed on Sundays.

Classic Comfort Food

Comfort food is food that tastes fantastic, is familiar and is consumed with guilt set aside. The sweet-smoky treats at Smoke Shack BBQ fit this description. The restaurants has a stripped-down sparse interior with wood floors and walls, and a large outdoor patio. While the menu usually remains unchanged, daily specials are offered depending on what has been most recently smoked.

The family-owned Charlie Horse Restaurant has been in operation since the mid-1980s and is a favorite with locals, owing to its beachfront location and decadent cuisine. Loaded nachos, cheese fries with gravy, charbroiled burgers and baby back ribs are among the choices on the menu. A firm favorite is all-you-can-eat snow crab legs, which are served every day. There's a children's menu and extensive cocktail list.

All-You-Can-Eat Buffets

Golden Corral is in Palm Coast, about 20 minutes north of Ormond Beach. This is a nationally known family favorite, with an endless buffet of dozens and dozens of dishes. The restaurant serves an abundance of all-you-can-eat food for a reasonable price.

If you're really in the mood for an epic all-you-can-eat buffet, it might be worth the 30-minute drive to Hibachi Grill and Supreme Buffet in neighboring Daytona Beach. Its selections include an abundance of seafood dishes, among them sushi, salmon, coconut shrimp, crawfish, calamari and clams, along with steak and ribs. The buffet also features an extensive salad bar, dessert bar and ice cream bar.

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